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Is Yajnavalkya a mathematician ?
Alren 17:27, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Hmm... all astronomers do a bit of maths, but that doesn't seem reason enough to keep him listed as such, unless somebody provides more information on his mathematical exploits?
VivaEmilyDavies 22:45, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I think it will be fine if he is taken out of the list of mathematicians. Other opinions?
Oleg Alexandrov 22:51, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
600 B.C.
My source work on philosophy gives the date of Yajnavalkya as "About 600 B.C.", that is quite a difference from what it stands as currently. I know Indian philosophical movements tend to push the dates of their founders back quite a bit unnecessarily.
Nagelfar10:07, 2 November 2005 (UTC)reply
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Requested move 14 June 2022
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In this case, the articles already having diacritics in their titles should be renamed to the standard common English spellings as well. There shouldn't be such disparities in the form of the titles of pages covering early South Asian topics.
Antiquistik (
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14:22, 16 June 2022 (UTC)reply
Additionally, the pages which do not use diacritics are those about mythological figures. Those of historical individuals largely use diacritics, which I think is another argument in favour of renaming the Yajnavalkya page to Yājñavalkya.
Antiquistik (
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11:51, 20 June 2022 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Re: renaming request
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Paine Ellsworth: The talk page's title is Talk:Yājñavalkya, but the article of which it is the talk page is titled
Yajnavalkya, without the appropriate diacritics. Which is another reason why I reiterate my position in support of renaming the main article.
Antiquistik (
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12:24, 15 June 2022 (UTC)reply
Okay, I think I see what you mean. It should all be as you want it now. I've synchronized the talk pages with their subject pages, and I changed the current title in your move proposal to the title without diacritics. Let me know if you need anything else. P.I. Ellsworth ,
ed.put'r there15:07, 15 June 2022 (UTC)reply
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This page needs to be like other Wikipedia biographies
This page needs to be like other Wikipedia biographies. If nothing or very little is known about their life, early life, date of birth, death etc. we can state that in the biography section. This page once had a history section. Some person with a prejudice against biographies seems to have made it disappear. PastaMonk04:00, 26 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Lead
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Callmethesongofroyalblue: your edits
diff added and moved info to the lead which is
WP:UNDUE, and presents the subject as a certain historical figure, based on a literal reading of primary sources, and a misrepresentation misrepresentation of secondary sources.
"Many Hindu texts" is an exaggeration, given the number of two texts; it's also a weasel-term;
"During his time, Yajnavalkya was known as "the wisest man in the world."" - that so? Unclear source, which only says "Gargi challenged Yajnavalkya, Who was considered the wisest man in the world, by asking questions about the foundation of atman (soul)." Considered by whom?
"Within both the Sukla Yajur Veda and the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, he is depicted as being blunt, provocative and sarcastic." - Undue for the lead;
"In the first verse of the
Yajnavalkya Smriti, Yajnavalkya is decribed as the "yogesvara: meaning "the king of yogis."" - idem.